Ya, I know its cryptic but its just a nomenclature I had coined after many discussions on this via chat and sms. (That I guess, should explain why the acronym :p)
These stand for the Significant ones and the Significant others. Significant other, we all know is best used to describe our mates in life but the other kind of SO, i have come to realize are people who are as much omnipresent in our lives as the former but get much much less credit for anything. These in a very cliche way are the Significant ones. And believe me they are significant entities for more reasons than one.
A dear friend of mine (who would be a part of my blogroll as soon as i get the patience to get one for my blogs) had a link to this article written for the Wharton undergrad journal.
http://www.stwing.upenn.edu/%7Ejenf/writing/rant04.html
A really sweet article I must say though i don't quite agree with a few things towards the end. I don't quite see why the writer finds it so very questionable that girls often disregard single, eligible and nice guys just because. Ok, I am not phrasing this correctly but I know people who have been best friends for years and somewhere down the line realized that they were really meant to be together. At the same time even out of my personal experiences I can say that there are a few guys out there who just seem to be so easy to be with and perfectly understanding and all that jazz but there is just zero chemistry !
I am not saying chemistry is everything but it is something very very important. You should at least be able to see yourself with somebody, that visual should seem viable if not appealing. I think somewhere a lot of nice guys out there are at that disadvantage, it just doesn't happen !
I can go on and on about the above, but the main intention here was to really appreciate the gist of the article which was an ode to all those nice guys out there. :-)
I have a few out there who fit that bill to a T. People I have always run to in the direst (if thats even a word!) of circumstances and who have been there unconditionally. And I really mean that...
So here's a note of thanks to:
* The one who's in Boston :-) (and promised me that he will be back in a month !) one of the sweetest guys in the whole wide world !
Thanks for being there for me despite all odds. You were probably the only reason I could sit thru most of our classes :-) I still cannot forget how we used to talk about Madhavan movies during absolutely rotten classes like Networking and you endured all my yakkity yak about Maddy ! Always scaring me that I will never find anybody to get hitched to (coz after all who will take that kind of a risk :p ) and will have to eventually get married to you :-)) . I have always felt cherished in your life and I think that you have always given me comfort and that sense of belonging which is so hard to come by in times like today where its so easy to lose track of friends. You have been an inseparable part of my life and I want to see it that way for years and years. You have promised me that you will baby sit Sanjana, am not gonna let you get out of that !! :p
* The one who's off on a South America trip :-) (yes! some poeple actually do such things :p) I wouldn't even know where to begin if I have to thank you for everything you have done for me.. I don't even recall when we really became good friends, whether it was because of common interests or similiar frequency of thoughts. I am not sure, but there just has been something really solid which has kept us together after all these years. Its the comfort of knowing that no matter what time of the day it is, there is a shoulder (or an ear) to cry on. I know that if things go bad, someone is really just a drive (or a flight) away whom I can always always count on. All the instances when somehow we have just talked and talked are innumerable and can cover pages. The impromptu jhaal muri session on valentine's day when we just didn't want to be alone. Time when you came to office when I was sitting there crying my heart out. All the times when you told me my boyfriend was a jerk and I didn't listen to you :-) All the times you told me how my fiance was perfect for me and I listened :-) All the times you gave me a perspective in life when I needed it the most. And you may kill me for quoting you like this but an sms from you that always cheers me up and brings a smile to my face despite all odds.
"There are people in life who give and find us reasons to live for and that is why this world is such a nice place to be and cherish. These are not SO's and you are one of them in my life"
* The one who is so close to my heart but I have just seen him twice in 2 months because he is very very busy ! :-) There are a lot of things I have learnt from you and you probably have no clue about it. If I am a better person today for whatever reasons, I will give you credit for a lot of those reasons. There are so many nice traits in you that its almost unfair to the rest of the world :-) If the world consisted of even 10% people like you, it would be such a great place to be in. And I really mean that. I have really and truly admired some of the things you have given me in all these years- inner strength, the ability to forgive people, to look at things objectively and most importantly learn to take criticisms. You have taught me and shown me these things in more ways than one. You have never painted any rosy pictures to bring me out of depressions, you have just silently been there for me and given the strength to carry on. I would have never cribbed to anybody like I do with you. You are like my sounding board and complaint box all rolled into one :-) I realize now that soon there will be times when I can't call you after 11 in the night or drag you out for all the movies in town but yeah, like you said, we could double date :-)
Looking back I feel immensely priviledged to have friends like these in my life who give friendship an entirely new dimension. So, consider this as my personal tribute to the SO's in my life today :-)
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